Thought I would share some old photos of my '72 Bora. Bought the car as a birthday present to myself on my 31st. Learned a lot from the experience. Constantly ran into folks in Atlanta that knew the car. A Chinese doctor was a previous owner- had lost it on a $30,000 bet on a Falcons game, then bought it back the next week.

Cool car, but a bit heavy. Tall as hell 5th gear... smooth as butter at 150. Dropped the engine cradle one day to replace clutch and water pump, and clean the engine compartment- turned into a 2 year project. Sorry for the crappy images- scans from pix of 25 years ago. Wish I could find some interior shots- the leather seats were out of this world.

Cool design, though- stainless steel roof, very low drag co-efficient for a car designed in the late 60's, engine and ZF transaxle dropped out as a single piece.

With the benefits of hindsight, wish I'd bought the 911 Turbo.

 

Very classy and beautiful Maserati! What happened to it?

 

At first I thought 'brave man' but then realised you bought the car when it was still almost like new. Still props for being different, it's a pretty cool car.

On another note; you're 56, I never would've guessed lol.

 

Sold it. Have no idea where it is now, that was more than 20 years ago.

Thanks, one of the main reasons I was attracted to it was the 'different' aspect- I've always been a serious individualist.

I will try to act my age in the future.

 

Beautiful car, but it looks like a nightmare to work on. Do you ever miss her?

 

Not anymore. I had the occasional pang for a while, but it went away after I began to notice I wasn't in constant pain from parts pricing.

There was actually a ton of room all around the engine except for the forward end. Which, of course, is where the water pump was located. It was incredibly easy to drop that cradle.

 

Bora and Khamsin used to be my favorite 70's Maseratis!